Criminal Justice Magazine

Criminal Justicemagazine, published quarterly by the Criminal Justice Section of the American Bar Association, is intended for a national audience of defense lawyers, prosecutors, judges, academics, and other criminal justice professionals with a focus on the practice and policy issues of the criminal justice system. Each issue includes feature articles, as well as regular columns. In addition, there are occasional thematic issues which focus on one particular aspect of the criminal justice system.

The Editorial Board for Criminal Justice also judges the entries for the William W. Greenhalgh Writing Contest, a Fourth Amendment essay competition which offers, in addition to other prizes, $2,000 and publication in the magazine.

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Summer 2006Articles from this special Sentencing Symposium issue are available free to the public. This special issue examines sentencing lessons from the innocence movement, sorting a sentencing choice between federal and state level, negotiating federal plea agreements post-Booker, sentencing lessons from specialty courts, and corporate deferred prosecution agreements.

Summer 2005- This issue of Criminal Justice examines Crawford (before and after, the history of the right to confrontation, the fallout from the decision, prosecutors and judges, and the definition of "Testimonial").

Winter 2004- This issue of Criminal Justice examines the work of an American jurist in Kosovo, the impact of Sarbanes-Oxley in the criminal arena, alternatives to face-to-face confrontation for child witnesses, restriction on judicial discretion in sentencing, and "collaborative problem solving."

Fall 2003- This issue of Criminal Justice examines standards for electronic and physical surveillance, juveniles on trial, the fourth amendment and roadblocks, detainees facing hearings without representation, and the impact of exonerations on judicial views on ineffective assistance of counsel.

Summer 2003- This issue of Criminal Justice examines the right to defense experts, juveniles and the right to counsel, fingerprint identification, and provides an overview of where the criminal justice stands 40 years after Gideon

Summer 2002 - This issue of Criminal Justice, examines military tribunals, attorney-client privilege, racial profiling, grand jury secrecy and computer crimes in the aftermath of 9/11. All visitors can view this entire publication online by clicking on Summer 2002.

Spring 2002 - In this issue of Criminal Justice, child protection laws and criminal convictions are examined. Also find information about prisoner reentry into society, and the biology of violence. The entire Spring 2001 issue, addressing women offenders and the Spring 2000 issue addressing juvenile justice concerns, are available online for viewing by all visitors.

Fall 2001- The fall issue of Criminal Justice includes: Constitutional implications of a nationwide DNA database; new guidelines for better eyewitness evidence procedures; a historical look at military justice; deconstructing the new infamy; and collateral consequences. Also included is the Departments and Section news. Members can view the entire publication online by clicking on Fall 2001. All visitors can view the Table of Contents which features article abstracts.

Summer 2001 - Summer 2001 - Right to counsel; death penalty; civil commitment of sex offenders; American lawyers in Rwanda; and school violence and the classroom. Also included is the Departments and Section News. Member can view the entire publication online by clicking on Summer 2001. All visitors can view the Table of Contents which features article abstracts.

Spring 2001 - Disadvantages that women prisoners face; curriculum for sentencing women offenders; girls and violence; sentencing women to death; sexual misconduct by correctional staff members; healthcare inadequacies in women's prisons; women offenders reentry into society; alternatives to incarceration; and the intermediate sanctions for women offenders project. Also included is the Departments and Section news. All visitors can view the entire publication online by clicking on Spring 2001

Winter 2001 - This issue of Criminal Justice covers: efforts in attaining evidence in transnational criminal cases; the dual role of the prosecutor in crime prevention and prosecution; apprehending and appreciating Apprendi; recidivism of sex offenders.